The soup, the lightning bolt and the life.

Originally posted by josephw
You are a theist?

What is a theist?

Yes. As I have said many times. And you have questioned me directly about it before and I have answered. And you have said you could not remember it before. And I have therefore explained it again before. And so I am not going to type it all out for you again. Sorry. See the thread "I am A Theist" started by "John W. Booth" about 12 months ago.

Originally posted by FMF
Yes. As I have said many times. And you have questioned me directly about it before and I have answered. And you have said you could not remember it before. And I have therefore explained it again before. And so I am not going to type it all out for you again. Sorry. See the thread "I am A Theist" started by "John W. Booth" about 12 months ago.

Funny I don't remember. I'll look up the thread and see.

Originally posted by rvsakhadeo
I do not--repeat do not---share any of the views of Dasa. The only thing common between us is being theists and Hindus. As every poster here knows, Dasa calls Vedanta as the true religion and the present version of Hinduism ( which actually dates from the triumph of Adya Shankarachary in reestablishing a refurbished Hinduism and finishing off Buddhism an ...[text shortened]... houghts in the Vedas/Upanishads is cranky and fanatic. It does great disservice to these books.

l understand and in no way were trying to say this - quite the contrary.

Originally posted by josephw
Funny I don't remember. I'll look up the thread and see.

Pardon me if I don't bother with your query. For you it's a four word question, typed in less than 2 seconds. Then I type away for half an hour, and then you fire back one of your vacuous RJHinds/Dasa type quips. Time wasted. Again. And then a few weeks down the road you ask "Are you a theist?' again. And I say, 'I told you before'. And you say you can't remember, again. 🙂

Originally posted by FMF
Pardon me if I don't bother with your query. For you it's a four word question, typed in less than 2 seconds. Then I type away for half an hour, and then you fire back one of your vacuous RJHinds/Dasa type quips. Time wasted. Again. And then a few weeks down the road you ask "Are you a theist?' again. And I say, 'I told you before'. And you say you can't remember, again. 🙂

Perhaps the things you say are so unremarkable that I find no reason to remember them.

I went through the entire thread, I am a theist, and can not find a single post by you in it.

Maybe that's why I don't remember.

Anyway, I do remember that you are prone to obfuscating and misdirecting thought progression. Perhaps that is another reason why I don't remember anything you say.

Originally posted by josephw
Perhaps the things you say are so unremarkable that I find no reason to remember them.

I went through the entire thread, I am a theist, and can not find a single post by you in it.

Maybe that's why I don't remember.

Anyway, I do remember that you are prone to obfuscating and misdirecting thought progression. Perhaps that is another reason why I don't remember anything you say.

I was posting under the name John W. Booth. I have told you this twice before.

Originally posted by josephw
Anyway, I do remember that you are prone to obfuscating and misdirecting thought progression. Perhaps that is another reason why I don't remember anything you say.

LOL. Q.E.D. 😵

Originally posted by FMF
LOL. Q.E.D. 😵

Okay FMF, a.k.a. John W. Booth, perhaps I have been less attentive than I should be.

I went back again and reread the applicable posts. You are a theist. You believe there is a God, but you don't know Him, nor do you believe God can be known.

Or perhaps you think God can be known, but you don't believe He can be known by or through any agency available in this life.

Maybe you're wrong. By default you rely on your own authority to determine the knowability of God, and reject the possibility that God has revealed Himself either by and through nature, and more directly though human agency.

Seems you are in a vacuum.

Originally posted by karoly aczel
Assume thats it going to be between 45000 to 55000 years. Ok Even at the lowest reading , it no way can be construed with anything remotely near the year 6000bc, (or whenever).
THEY HAVE FOUND HUMAN BONES IN AUSTRALIA THAT HAVE BEEN CARBON DATED AS BEING 200 000+ years old. This is undeniable fact. Even though they dont know the exact dates , they kno ...[text shortened]... out of my to condense a few points of etiquette , I'h hoping for a "next level" answer 😀

It is also an undeniable fact that carbon 14 dating is unreliable as a
dating method.

http://dawkinswatch.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/technocrati/

Originally posted by josephw
Seems you are in a vacuum.

On the contrary. Life is wonderful, rich and full.

[You] reject the possibility that God has revealed Himself either by and through nature, and more directly though human agency.

Not so. I have not rejected the possibility that God has revealed himself. You are being presumptuous. As I said to Suzianne last night, I have not yet met anyone who knows what "God's instructions" are, or that there are indeed any "instructions" for us to known about. I have seen nothing to convince me that there is the do-this-and-you-will-live-forever deal that religionists like, say, you and Dasa and Muslims speculate about and tout.

Originally posted by FMF
Yes. As I have said many times. And you have questioned me directly about it before and I have answered. And you have said you could not remember it before. And I have therefore explained it again before. And so I am not going to type it all out for you again. Sorry. See the thread "I am A Theist" started by "John W. Booth" about 12 months ago.

A theist can be anything other than an atheist. That avoids admitting
what religion you are because a theist could be almost any religion
one can think of. A Muslim is also a theist. So I still think you are
more than likely a Muslim.

Originally posted by RJHinds
A theist can be anything other than an atheist. That avoids admitting
what religion you are because a theist could be almost any religion
on can think of. A Muslim is also a theist. So I still think you are
more than likely a Muslim.

I am a theist but I am not a religionist.

Originally posted by FMF
I am a theist but I am not a religionist.

Another post that makes no sense.

P.S. religionist - a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot

So what religion is it?

Originally posted by RJHinds
It is also an undeniable fact that carbon 14 dating is unreliable as a
dating method.

http://dawkinswatch.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/technocrati/

On the contrary, it is quite reliable when correctly calibrated and carried out, although it can only provide approximate dating the accuracy of which is affected by numerous variables. It is simply one of a number of different and unrelated dating techniques which all clearly demonstrate that your young earth position is utter twaddle.

Originally posted by RJHinds
Another post that makes no sense.

Theist: One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.

Religionist: A person addicted to religion or a religious zealot.

I am a theist but I am not a religionist.